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Location | Goonhilly Downs, Mawgan-in-Meneage, St Martin-in-Meneage, Cury, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 50°02′53″N 5°10′55″W / 50.048055555556°N 5.1819444444444°W |
Website | www |
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Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd[1] under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 30 communication antennas and dishes in use. The site also links into undersea cable lines.